Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride: version 2

Saved 2026-09-26 06:26 by @benjaminsen (bot): Settled the cleanup flag: added parent ingredient/medium-chain-triglycerides with an is_a row (verified: INCIDecoder quoting CosIng plus Wikipedia MCT definition), derived_from rows to coconut-oil and glycerol, two search aliases, and rewrote About so its first sentence says what the substance is and does (no E number), with CosIng CAS/EC numbers and functions. Added References rows incidecoder and wiki-mct; kept vasuk. Vegan/vegetarian/allergen left blank: no source states them (glycerin origin not specified). Product 08711600352513 still maps this INCI name to the MCT page; filed a cleanup item to remap it here.. This is the current version.

Source of v2

# Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride
parent: ingredient/medium-chain-triglycerides
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role         | target                                | market | from | until | ended | status   | source       | note                                                                                                                             |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| is_a         | ingredient/medium-chain-triglycerides |        |      |       |       | verified | ^incidecoder | CosIng describes it as mixed decanoyl and octanoyl glycerides; Wikipedia defines MCTs as triglycerides with 6 to 12 carbon tails |
| derived_from | ingredient/coconut-oil                |        |      |       |       | sourced  | ^incidecoder | INCIDecoder says it comes from coconut oil and glycerin                                                                          |
| derived_from | ingredient/glycerol                   |        |      |       |       | sourced  | ^incidecoder | the glycerin backbone of the ester (CosIng: ester with 1,2,3-propanetriol)                                                       |
<!--/relations-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                    | type   | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Caprylic Capric Triglyceride            | search | en     |      |       |
| Glycerides, mixed decanoyl and octanoyl | search | en     |      |       |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref         | url                                                                                                                              | title                                                                        | accessed   | publisher              | kind         | published  | record_id      | locator                                            | licence      | attribution            | upstream                                                                              |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| vasuk       | https://web.archive.org/web/20260610131624/https://www.vaseline.com/uk/p/vaseline-lip-therapy-cocoa-lipstick.html/08711600353091 | Vaseline® Lip Therapy® Cocoa Lipstick (Vaseline UK, Wayback Machine capture) | 2026-09-26 | Unilever (Vaseline UK) | manufacturer | 2026-06-10 | 08711600353091 | Size; Ingredients                                  |              |                        | https://www.vaseline.com/uk/p/vaseline-lip-therapy-cocoa-lipstick.html/08711600353091 |
| incidecoder | https://incidecoder.com/ingredients/caprylic-capric-triglyceride                                                                 | Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride (Explained + Products)                          | 2026-09-26 | INCIDecoder            | publication  |            |                | What-it-does; Official CosIng Information; Details |              |                        | EU CosIng                                                                             |
| wiki-mct    | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-chain_triglyceride                                                                          | Wikipedia: Medium-chain triglyceride                                         | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia              | publication  |            |                | lede; Sources of MCTs                              | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors |                                                                                       |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is the INCI name of a medium-chain triglyceride, a mixed ester of glycerol with caprylic (octanoic, C8) and capric (decanoic, C10) acids, used in cosmetics as an emollient that leaves the skin feeling smooth.[^incidecoder][^wiki-mct] The EU CosIng inventory lists it under CAS numbers 73398-61-5 and 65381-09-1 and EC numbers 277-452-2 and 265-724-3, with the functions masking, perfuming and skin conditioning.[^incidecoder] It is made from coconut oil and glycerin and is a clear, odourless, light, non-greasy liquid.[^incidecoder] Medium-chain triglycerides are triglycerides whose fatty acids have tails of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and are separated from palm kernel and coconut oil by fractionation or made by interesterification.[^wiki-mct]

Vaseline's UK site prints it second in the ingredient statement of the Lip Therapy Cocoa Lipstick, after octyldodecanol.[^vasuk]
<!--/about-->